The Nomad on FIRE Podcast | Becky Blake | of Twentyfree.co | Episode #18 Shownotes
Becky Blake is the owner of TwentyFree.co and the host of The Find Your Freedom Podcast.
Becky quit her job in January 2020 to work for herself. She started with $100k in student loan debt in 2015, paid off most of it, and then saved $100k of f-you money before quitting her job.
Being self-employed, Becky has the flexibility to work location independently. She frequently travels with her partner. Her 5-year plan involves building a tiny house to live in as a home base, doing a van conversion for full-time travel through the US, and a 1-year travel-the-world honeymoon.
During this information-packed episode, Becky and I discuss her FIRE story, her student loan payoff journey, self-employment, travel, the nomadic lifestyle, and so much more!
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Show Notes:
- Becky welcome to the show 00:30
- Becky’s Background 01:00
- Becky’s Student Loan payoff journey, paying off $70K of a $100K student loan balance 06:28
- Becky’s tips for paying off $70K of student loan debt in two years! 11:08
- The importance of frugal living, avoiding lifestyle inflation, automating your savings and investments and having a spending plan 12:30
- Becky discusses leaving her full-time job to work for herself 20:15
- Becky shares her thoughts on the RE “retire early” aspect of the FIRE Movement 31:00
- Becky talks about her podcast, The Find Your Freedom Podcast 35:28
- Becky shares her thoughts on traveling and the nomadic lifestyle 39:40
- Becky’s new positive habit 48:00
- Where to reach Becky online TwentyFree.co and Find Your Freedom Podcast 49:30
Significant quotes:
- “I was trading in my twenties for a life that I didn’t like at all” 04:10
- “College is flexible, dynamic and challenging. And when you leave that environment and go to a corporate job, rarely do you have any of those three things, much less all three of them” 21:58
- “Part of the freedom that we get from financial freedom is the freedom to choose to do work that might not pay well, but makes an impact and that does good” 32:50
